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if you are still with us, though, what a day it has ben. the fiscal cliff has been averted. we do have a deal in washington d.c. the president will sign it. the congress goes out with a big bang. now it's time for the daily run down. have a very good night. >> democrats was soon forget the acquaintances they made in 2012 that propelled president obama to four more years. what's in store and what will the president be able to accomplish before leaving the white house? recent history shows some highs and lows for second term presidents. what can president obama learn from the mistakes and big breaks that shaped the country for the last 30 years? and a who's who to keep your eyes on for the coming year. it will new names emerged as the leading voices of their parties? whoa old familiar ones jockey for the next presidential fight? happy holidays and new year and hello from washington. this is a special year-end edition of the daily rundown but also a preview. all this hour we will look at what lessons we got from 2012 and what they will mean. maybe we'll even slept in something
if you are still with us, though, what a day it has ben. the fiscal cliff has been averted. we do have a deal in washington d.c. the president will sign it. the congress goes out with a big bang. now it's time for the daily run down. have a very good night. >> democrats was soon forget the acquaintances they made in 2012 that propelled president obama to four more years. what's in store and what will the president be able to accomplish before leaving the white house? recent history shows...
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chief economic correspondent for politico, ben white. jen bendry of the huffington post. partisan ranker and frustration all around, we've arrived at the fiscal cliff. the senate, which was expected to hold an up and down vote on a final bare bones budget deal last night wasn't quite able to make it happen. harry reid gave us problem or lack thereof. >> there are two sides still apart, and negotiations are continuing as i speak. there's still more before we can bring ledges laying to the floor. what else is new? can anyone save this congress from itself? turns out the new man responsible is vice president joe biden. yep. that's right. joe biden is the latest person to be called on to try to get congress out of the straight jacket they've put themselves in. the vp and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell exchanged phone calls until midnight last night and again this morning, and appeared to be zeroing in on a tax rate compromise in the region of a $450,000 to $550,000 threshold. a higher rate than the president's earlier compromise as well as an agreement on the estate t
chief economic correspondent for politico, ben white. jen bendry of the huffington post. partisan ranker and frustration all around, we've arrived at the fiscal cliff. the senate, which was expected to hold an up and down vote on a final bare bones budget deal last night wasn't quite able to make it happen. harry reid gave us problem or lack thereof. >> there are two sides still apart, and negotiations are continuing as i speak. there's still more before we can bring ledges laying to the...
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and by 9:30 that morning, police arrest 35-year-old ben westbrook for the shooting. westbrook had once served prison time for aggravated assault. westbrook pleads guilty to nine charges, including aggravated assault and battery. he's sentenced to 63 years in prison. officer steven rankin testifies at his sentencing. >> i wanted to testify to, basically, testify to him what he did to me and testify to the courts to let them know that he needed to be punished for the max. >> this ordeal takes an enormous toll on rankin. for 18 weeks after the shooting, he's in a neck brace. the bullet blows out 70% of his jawbone and all his teeth on the top right side. the bullet still sits in his spine. >> i can feel the bullet in my neck. every once in a while, it will pop or it will send like shots of pain up through the neck and into the head. >> steven rankin knows he is a lucky man. he attributes his survival to divine intervention in the form of his father, mike, who died in 1994 when steven was just a teenager. >> as soon as i blacked out, i saw my father. so, like i said, i t
and by 9:30 that morning, police arrest 35-year-old ben westbrook for the shooting. westbrook had once served prison time for aggravated assault. westbrook pleads guilty to nine charges, including aggravated assault and battery. he's sentenced to 63 years in prison. officer steven rankin testifies at his sentencing. >> i wanted to testify to, basically, testify to him what he did to me and testify to the courts to let them know that he needed to be punished for the max. >> this...
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. >> reporter: ann and curt from atlanta rushed in 2007 overjoyed to adopt ben. >> you have gotten to be a big boy. >> with a headful of hair. >> i know. like daddy's. >> reporter: a relationship that took nearly a year to get started. >> a million pieces of paper. it's -- you laugh about it but it is quite an intensive process. >> reporter: now, at home, ben just turned 7. very much an all-american boy. >> how about some milk? >> i hate milk. >> you hate milk. >> reporter: celebrating the holidays. last christmas aadopted a second russian child and prepared to work through the sticky wheels of bureaucracy again and now politics threatening to derail the dream entirely. russian president vladimir putin angry about a new american law targeting russian human rights violators today banned all adoptions to america. some russian lawmakers have been trumpeting the cases of which kids were hurt in the states like one in virginia four years ago when a child died after accidentally left in a hot car. though the father was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter. >> there really is a great
. >> reporter: ann and curt from atlanta rushed in 2007 overjoyed to adopt ben. >> you have gotten to be a big boy. >> with a headful of hair. >> i know. like daddy's. >> reporter: a relationship that took nearly a year to get started. >> a million pieces of paper. it's -- you laugh about it but it is quite an intensive process. >> reporter: now, at home, ben just turned 7. very much an all-american boy. >> how about some milk? >> i hate...
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we want to be in that environment and environment that ben filths of mistakes. >> i hear what you're saying. shifting the debt burden from the federal government and states and federal government is a better position to carry debt. states have these constitutional balance budget amendments and bail out the states, isn't it? >> this is exactly the problem we have is that the government finds it easy to borrow and runaway deficit. let me explain the big thing. a project in the uk where we have good data, 100 million pounds, uk project, 30% more cost overruns than 5 million project. small is beautiful and more efficient than you think. so having the government, centralized one bureaucrat make a mistake, okay, massive consequences. it looks okay until they make a mistake. it's a lot bigger. plus, another thing. there's no skin in the game on a part of bureaucrats. bureaucrat makes a decision. that's the central thing. federalize the system and i was asked how to make the financial industry better. force people to have skin in the game. nrds, have people harmed by the mistakes. >> sure. >
we want to be in that environment and environment that ben filths of mistakes. >> i hear what you're saying. shifting the debt burden from the federal government and states and federal government is a better position to carry debt. states have these constitutional balance budget amendments and bail out the states, isn't it? >> this is exactly the problem we have is that the government finds it easy to borrow and runaway deficit. let me explain the big thing. a project in the uk...
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huffington post ben. plus, the latest on secretary of state hillary clinton's health concerns and how the new benghazi report and succession at stake will impact the white house's other looming cabinet concerns. and the president officially puts gun control on his second term agenda. can his new priority become a reality? all that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. keep my eye o. but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare.
huffington post ben. plus, the latest on secretary of state hillary clinton's health concerns and how the new benghazi report and succession at stake will impact the white house's other looming cabinet concerns. and the president officially puts gun control on his second term agenda. can his new priority become a reality? all that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. keep my eye o. but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all...
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. >> ben affleck. >> good idea. actually, this guy is the lead character in a show that is centered around this building. >> alec baldwin. >> yeah. we got a couple of them. >> adam baldwin is the racist one. he shames the baldwin family. >> i hope he walks in and says how did you not know. sthak would be good if alec baldwin walked in. >> he hovers around "30 rock." >> which conservative candidate gave us this one, excuse me, journalist gave this tweet. horrible possibility, if the geeks are right about ohio, might they be right about the climate? this is a journalist conservative who writes for the daily beast. a recent e-book. >> conservative and journalist is an oxy moron. >> recent e-book titled "why romney lost." >> joe scarborough. >> not him. >> david frum. >> i prefer her answer. >> i only asked because he and nate silverhead -- >> i hope joe scarborough walks in. >> which presidential candidate tweeted this, honored to have chuck norris' endorsement, he will make an excellent secretary of attack. >> i'm gue
. >> ben affleck. >> good idea. actually, this guy is the lead character in a show that is centered around this building. >> alec baldwin. >> yeah. we got a couple of them. >> adam baldwin is the racist one. he shames the baldwin family. >> i hope he walks in and says how did you not know. sthak would be good if alec baldwin walked in. >> he hovers around "30 rock." >> which conservative candidate gave us this one, excuse me, journalist...